Peter van Uhm

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Peter van Uhm (Nijmegen, 15 July 1955) is the current commander-in-chief of the military of the Netherlands[1]. He succeeded Dick Berlijn on April 17 2008. Educated at the Koninklijke Militaire Academie, van Uhm is praised for his fair and effective style of management[2].

Van Uhm's son, lieutenant Dennis van Uhm, was killed in a roadside bombing in Uruzgan, the southern province of Afghanistan just one day after his father's assignment[3].

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Peter van Uhm at the Dutch Ministry of Defence website
  2. ^ Bemmel, Noël van. "Integer en doelgericht, erg doelgericht". De Volkskrant, 15 April 2008, p. 2.
  3. ^ Bomb kills Dutch commander's son
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